Food

Fire, meat, coffee and a short list of things worth knowing how to cook properly.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

GuideWes Dunbar30 Sept 20266 min

Run a chili cook-off the guy with the most friends can't rig

Blind cups, a real score sheet, one breaker you'll definitely trip, and a trophy people will actually fight over next year.

Greens, good oil and one loaf will carry your whole week

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GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

The knife, the pan and the board you actually need

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The field spot tells you more than the thump

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Your first smoke should not be a brisket

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Five meals to teach your kids, and the order that works

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The freezer meals that survive the freezer

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

The Sunday roast that leaves your afternoon alone

Food on video

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A Beginner's Guide to Making Great Coffee

The Food Theorists3 Dec

How to Brew the PERFECT Cup of Coffee at Home

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7 Beginner Secrets To Make Better Coffee At Home!

Consumer Reports7 Oct

How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee | Consumer Reports

Ryan Maya Cooks20 Sept

Cooking the BEST Steak EVER in Cast Iron | Cooking Is Easy

Epicurious3 Sept

The Best Steak You'll Ever Make (Restaurant-Quality) | Epicurious 101

Hodder Books12 Nov

Gordon Ramsay's ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE: How to Cook the Perfect Steak

America's Test Kitchen13 Jul

How to Make a Perfectly Cooked Steak Using a Cast Iron Skillet

Joshua Weissman11 Feb

How To Cook A Perfect Steak Every Time

HowToBBQRight24 Sept

Cast Iron Steak Recipe

Teach a Man to Fish10 Dec

The Secret to Restaurant Steak in Cast Iron (Better Than a Grill)

Ryan Maya Cooks31 May

How To Cook the BEST NY Strip STEAK in a CAST IRON Pan

Certified Angus Beef ®14 Jan

Make a Classic Pan-Seared Ribeye Steak Recipe

Max the Meat Guy15 Sept

How to PERFECTLY Pan-Sear Steak

Steve Gow (Smoke Trails BBQ)18 Nov

EASY smoked brisket recipe to nail it your first time

Meat Church BBQ19 May

Texas Style Brisket

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Food quizzes

Quiz yourself, then your friends

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your vegetables need the same heat you give a steak

How to get a meat-loving family eating twice the plants without a lecture, a fake burger or a single sad boiled carrot.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cook Okinawan for a week with what your grocery store has

A three-pound pork belly, a head of cabbage and one pot of dashi will carry five dinners. Almost every mistake is a water problem.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sardinian minestrone is a bean technique, not a recipe

The one-pot dishes of the world's longest-lived villages all work the same way, and the step Americans skip is the last one.

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Pour more olive oil than feels right and the rest gets cheap

Mediterranean eating isn't branzino and pine nuts. It's a tin of oil, a pot of beans cooked past creamy, and knowing what to leave in the cart.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Salt your beans before you cook them, not after

Bland, split, chalky beans and gummy brown rice all come from the same handful of mistakes. Fix those and the pot gets good.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

The lunch that survives ten hours and a hot truck cab

Most work lunches don't fail in the kitchen, they fail in the parking lot. Fix the cold chain first, then worry about the sandwich.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Build a breakfast that actually holds until lunch

Your 7 a.m. bowl of cereal is why you're staring into the vending machine at 10:40. Fix the protein, fix the morning.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Lean cuts and fish have no fat to hide your mistakes

Salmon, tenderloin and a pile of vegetables can all come off the grate juicy, but the margin is about four minutes wide.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cross-contact is what gets you, not the ingredient list

Reading labels is the easy part. The knife, the colander and the well-meaning relative are where a serious food allergy actually turns dangerous.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cut the salt without cooking food that tastes like nothing

The shaker isn't what's driving your numbers up, and the fix isn't eating plain chicken until you hate dinner.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Cook one meal when somebody in the house is diabetic

Stop making a sad separate plate. Build the dinner so the carbs sit on the side and every person at the table picks their own portion.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The lasagna is the wrong meal for someone on chemo

Smell is the enemy, food aversions are permanent, and everybody shows up on the wrong day. What to cook instead, and when to carry it over.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Buying a side of beef without drowning in ground beef

Hanging weight, cut sheets, freezer math and the four decisions that determine whether you eat well for a year or stare at 90 pounds of chuck.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The turkey is easy, the clock is what gets you

Buy a smaller bird, salt it two days early, cook to temperature instead of time, and give yourself an oven you can actually use.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

5 min

Your pie crust shrank because you didn't let it rest

5 min

A pot of bones on Sunday is worth five dinners

Ask BRO

Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Your grilled chicken burns because the whole grill is hot

Build the fire on half the grate, salt it the day before, and stop guessing at the joint with a knife.

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The pork butt is done when the probe slides, not at 203

Eight pounds, a bone that pulls clean, and the three hours of rest almost nobody builds into the plan.

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Food

Run a chili cook-off the guy with the most friends can't rig

Cook dinner so you're not starving at nine o'clock

A mocktail fails on sweetness, not on the missing liquor

Your beans won't soften because the bag is too old

Your beans are a side dish because you cooked them like one

Greens, good oil and one loaf will carry your whole week

From the Food archive

The knife, the pan and the board you actually need

The field spot tells you more than the thump

Your first smoke should not be a brisket

Five meals to teach your kids, and the order that works

The freezer meals that survive the freezer

The Sunday roast that leaves your afternoon alone

Worth an hour of your evening

Quiz yourself, then your friends

Your vegetables need the same heat you give a steak

Cook Okinawan for a week with what your grocery store has

Sardinian minestrone is a bean technique, not a recipe

Pour more olive oil than feels right and the rest gets cheap

Salt your beans before you cook them, not after

The lunch that survives ten hours and a hot truck cab

Build a breakfast that actually holds until lunch

Lean cuts and fish have no fat to hide your mistakes

Cross-contact is what gets you, not the ingredient list

Cut the salt without cooking food that tastes like nothing

Cook one meal when somebody in the house is diabetic

The lasagna is the wrong meal for someone on chemo

Buying a side of beef without drowning in ground beef

The turkey is easy, the clock is what gets you

Your pie crust shrank because you didn't let it rest

A pot of bones on Sunday is worth five dinners

Your grilled chicken burns because the whole grill is hot

The pork butt is done when the probe slides, not at 203